This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 428 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 428 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When a neuron is not receiving action potentials, it is A) Resting Potential. B) Depolarization. C) Repolarization. D) Dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resting Potential. 2. What is another word for automatic (you don't have to think about it)? A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. C) Central. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary. 3. Olfactory cells in the mucous membranes lining each nostril react to chemicals you breathe in and send messages along specific nerves to the brain. A) Sense of Sight. B) Sense of Hearing. C) Sense of Taste. D) Sense of Smell. E) Sense of Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sense of Smell. 4. Branched extensions of a neuron's cell body that receive incoming signals from other neurons or sensory receptors A) Dendrites. B) Cell body. C) Threshold. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrites. 5. Alzheimer's disease is a non-progressive form of dementia that causes plaque buildup in the brain and a decline in mental abilities. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. What is it called when a signal "jumps" from one Node of Ranvier to the next Node of Ranvier? A) Skipping Conduction. B) Salutatory Conduction. C) Salutatory Convection. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salutatory Conduction. 7. In a spinal reflex, the sensory neuron leads to the ..... and the motor neuron leads to the ..... A) Spinal cord, CNS. B) Receptors, Spinal Cord. C) Spinal cord, Muscle. D) Muscle, Receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord, Muscle. 8. The cerebrum is in charge of the thoughts, memory, feelings, decision-making and interpreting stimuli. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 9. Damage to the choroid plexus would interfere with A) Myelin production. B) Formation of cerebrospinal fluid. C) Glycogen storage. D) Impulse conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Formation of cerebrospinal fluid. 10. This major division of the nervous system reports any sensory changes to the brain and spinal cord, and then carries out orders. A) Parasympathetic nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Sympathetic nervous system. D) Somatic nervous system. E) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral nervous system. 11. Motor nerves carry messages from the A) Brain to muscles. B) Sense organs to muscles. C) Sense organs to brain. D) Muscles to brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain to muscles. 12. If you are digesting your dinner you are using your..... nervous system A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic. 13. The nervous system is composed of the ....., ....., and ..... A) Heart, brain, kidneys. B) Lungs, liver, stomach. C) Brain, spinal cord, nerves. D) Eyes, pancreas, veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain, spinal cord, nerves. 14. Question 1The parts of a nerve cell or neurone include:(~ the right answer) A) Nucleus, cell body, cytoplasm. B) Nucleus, cell body, chlorophyll. C) Nucleus, cell body, cell wall. D) Nucleus, cytoplasm, cell wal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleus, cell body, cytoplasm. 15. How many pairs of spinal nerves? A) 34. B) 25. C) 7. D) 31. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 31. 16. Which of the following is not a component of the nervous system in mammals? A) Neurones. B) Brain. C) Heart. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heart. 17. What part of your brain controls object recognition?! A) Parietal lobe. B) Temporal lobe. C) Occipital lobe. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal lobe. 18. State of balance of the physiologic systems within the body A) Medulla oblongata. B) Parasympathetic nervous system. C) Conclusion. D) Homeostasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homeostasis. 19. The nervous system responsible for an increased heart rate A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 20. Neurotransmitters not breaking down can be caused by A) Resting potential. B) Reuptake inhibitors. C) Retroactivity. D) Caffeine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reuptake inhibitors. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesNervous System Quiz 1Nervous System Quiz 2Nervous System Quiz 3Nervous System Quiz 4Nervous System Quiz 5Nervous System Quiz 6Nervous System Quiz 7Nervous System Quiz 8Nervous System Quiz 9Nervous System Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books